Six tycoons; the lives of John Jacob Astor, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford and Joseph P. Kennedy.

9781904905844

Six tycoons; the lives of John Jacob Astor, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford and Joseph P. Kennedy.

Derbyshire, Wyn.

Spiramus Press, Ltd.

2008

251 pages

$36.95

Hardcover

E168

Derbyshire offers brief biographies of six American tycoons from the Gilded Age. Each man receives 30-60 pages, with Carnegie and Ford receiving the most length. A few black-and-white images accompany the text. Only a very brief bibliography is presented along with limited non-bibliographical footnotes. Intended for the general public. Distributed by ISBS.

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